The New York Herald Newspaper, May 27, 1876, Page 3

WASHINGTON. The Tongue of Scandal Wagging Against Speaker Kerr, FRANSPARENT DEVICE OF THE ENEMY. The Indebtedness of the Pacific Railroad to the Government. \ Mr. Blaine Explains the | set ney eae ach a siake Mysterious Package. His) Speech in the House Re- iterated Under Oath. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasarsoron, May 26, 1876. WPEAKER KERR THE VICTIM OF A BCANDAL— ALLEGED ACCKPTANCE OF MONZY FOR PRO- CURING A LIEUTENANCY IN THE ARMY—A SCHEME OF REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS. There is a report to-night of a scandal against Bpeaker Kerr, which is to be investigated te-morrow before Mr. Clymer’s ‘Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Mr. Clymer having given notice to Mr, Korr this morniig that it a witness who has been Bubpoenaed, and who is expected to arrive to-morrow morning, is at hand the mattor will be opened at ten o'clock. The story, which has been preparizg to be exploded against the Speaker for several weeks, is Co this effect:—One Augustus P. Green, of New York, ‘was in 1866 mado First Lieutenant in the regular army ‘at tho request of Mr. Kerr and was commissioned by Andrew Johnson, Green now says that he was intro- fuced to Mr. Kerr by one Lawrence Harney, who was \doorgeeper of the House, and that he paid Harney $000 for his aid and influence. Harney, who is now in the Appraiser’s office in New York, has, it is alleged, gaid that he gave the $600 or somesum of money to Mr, Kerr, and this was brought to the uttention of the Cly- mer committee in such a shape that they determined jo summon the men before them and make a thorough vestigation. Mr. Clymer accordingly to-day notified Mr. Kerr tbat if Harney arrived xpected he would pen the case to-morrow «t ten o’clock. Mr. Kerr has been for some weeks threatencd with anonymous let- tersabout this matter. The authors of the report have been quietly iooked up, and it is believed that the whole is a scheme of some of the baser kind of repub- ean politicians in New York.to revenge themselves for some of the democratic investigations. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasninotox, May 26, 1876, HE PACIFIC BAILBOADS AND THEIB INDEBTED- NESS TO THE GOVEBNMENT——-REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE IN REGARD TO A SINE- ING FUND—THE AMOUNT OF DEBT AND PROS- PECTS FOR PAYMEXT, The Senate Committee on Railroads, in reporting the Dills this morning in regard to a sinking fund for the liquidation of the government bonds advanced to the Central, Western. and Union Pacific Railroad com- panies, made a lengthy report in writing to accompany the bills, in which they say :— The subject of the indebtedness to the United States ‘of the Pacitic railroadsaisod by the government and constructed under tue acts of duly 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, is at ouce perplexing and important, especially in lew OF tbe late dcciaiom #t tha, Cetaber ‘term, 1876, of the Supremo Court of the United States—that the in- terest paid semi-annually by the United States on their ‘bonds issued in ald of the construction of the roads tannot lawfully be required to be reimbursed by the companies until the maturity of the bonds, at the end of thirty years, when the principal also matures, ex- cept as it may be reimbursed by half the government transportation monvys and five per cent of the net earnings of the * ‘The following table shows the principal of the bonds issued to the various companies, with the total amount of interest which, with the princi will be due irom the companies to the government on an average in 1898, or at the mavurity of the bonds, thirty years {rom their date, crediting no reimbursement, and the amount of interest at least wil! have been paid out of the Treasury of the United States in behalf of the companies: Central Pacific and Western Pacyfic. Principal of bends. $27,855,680 Interest........ 50,140,224 Principal and mterest...........ssee0e0. 77, 904 ion ey Union Pacife. a Principal of bonds. . 27,236,612 Hse ares 721 Principal and wee 76,262,233 | Principal of bonds. 000 bel ~ Paoryig Principal and interest. ly Pe Centrat iotepins Principal of bonds. 1,600,000 Inverest. . 2,880,000 Principal and tnterest.... Siouz peg oe Principal and interest of 108. {nterest...... Principal of bonds. Ngsateat Principal and interest..............+++++ 180,045,833 The report then reviows at length the action of the government to have the amounts paid for interest fermbursed and the several acts of Congress on that Subject, and also refers to the various sulis in the Su- preme Court of the United States, Court of Claims and the United States Circuit Courts in Massachusetts, Kan- sas, Iowa and California, and says:— Belore proceeding to inquire whether Congress can adopt and enforce any new legal remedy for the United States which shall be effectual to protect it against ulti- mate loss under the decision of the Supreme Court that bhe interest by tho United States ta not reimburs- able until 1898, it may be weil to inquire what amounts may be expected to be realized irom the half of —_—| the transportation moneys and the five per SPs Pee See a ee eee Oe Md ry pti Wiens aay pice od BLAINE’S STATEMENT—THE MYSTERIOUS islation by Congress. 1e nion ‘acidic Railroad Company has farnished your committee PACKAGE CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF MAPS— with a statement of the amounts which the company has charged to the United States for services rendered {rom April, 1867, to December 31, 1875. The gross amount of these nine years is $7,200,252 89. average yearly amount earned in nine years, $410,028 10, of which the government retains one-ball annually, §405,014 06, To this add five per cent of the amount of which the company admits ure net earnings by de- tlaring a dividend of eight por cent upon tue capital tock of $36,475,000—dividend, $2,918,000, five por cent upon which is $145,900; undisputed annual Amount to be relied upon from the Union Pacific Rail- road Company, $560,014 05. No statement has been received irom the Vectra Pacific Ratiroad Company as to the amounts charged to the United States, and the Bommittec uses the statement presented to the Secro- tary of the Treasury some weeks ago, showing the un- disputed annual amount to be relied upon from the Central Pacific Railroad Company to be $320,496 21. ‘The report then declares it is apparent that, from the above sources, sufficient sums cannot be realized toward the reimbursement of the principal and 1m! est of the bonds issued by the United States in aid of the companies, and it is evidently desirable that some new and additional method of providing for the gov, ernment indebtedness shouldbe discovered and put in operation, either by matual voluntary arrangement between the railroad companies and the governinent | or by actof Congress eniorced upon the companies against thoir will, if theterms of the act are not satis- | factory to them. Tho report then discusses the power | of Congress to obtain trom the companics against their | will amounts im addition to the haif-transportation moneys and five per cont on the net earnings; und, alter reviewing and commenting upon the acts of Cun- gress at come length, and quoting from various judicial decisions, says:— It, therofure, the power of Congress to provide addi- Toual means tor the ultimate reimbursement of the United states against the consent of the companies does not exist, oF j¥ so doubtful that an attempt made to oxercise it will result. injariously to both the govern- Tent and the companies, so that an arrangement which sail be satisiactory to and executed by the companies is advisabic, Lic question arsea, What practical and Dencticial agreement van ve made? ‘The propositions made by the companies to surrender certain ands at $2 50 per acre, to be hetd by the United States as a sinking fund, &c., are next referred to, and the report says:— Alter the most careful examination and considera- govern- ment y bonds ely at maturity | would be.unjust upless they lard aside a sinking | their first mortgage bonds, and thatto provide these sinking funds would exceed their present and anticipated available | annual resources. | Atthe time these railroads were incorporated and | assisted by Congress their construction was considered { | pational necessity, to be provided for at almost any | ible cost. A proposition thon to make them such | adonation ag results from the it recommenda- | tion would very hkely have met with universal favor, | and your committee may ask the question whether the government may not be constrained now by lorce | of circamstances to a scale of liberality that it would at one time, under the great desire for the construction of a road, have willingly adopted. In concluston, tho report says:— The new agreement bemg, on the whole, advan- tageous for the pompecien it is fair to presume that they will be both able and willing to carry it into exe- cution faithfully, Should they not be so able, how- ever, the government is in no worse condition than it was before. {t will havo received all the payments which will have been made up to the time of the failure ot the companies, and can resort to its second mort- | gage lien, which has been in no way waived, cancelled or releasod, except to the extent of the partial pay- | ments made by tbe companies with which the later are in any event entitled to be credited. SENATOR WEST'S BILL YOR THE ORATION OF A SINKING FUND. The bill reported to-day by Mr. West, from the Senate Commuttee on Railroads, “To create a sinking fund for | the liquidation of the government bonds advanced to | the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and tor tho settle- | ment of the claim of the government on account of | said bonds,”’ authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the suid company a con- Veyance and release of 6,000,000 acres of land hereto- fore granted to it westerly of the one hundredtn Meridian, and to credit and apply the sum of $15,000,000, computed to be the value thereof, to tho extinguishment of that amount of the claim of the gov- ernment for \he principal of the government bonds ad- vanced to the company; this crodit to be conditioned, however, upon the fulfilment of the conditions here- after described, The Secretary of the Treasury is also directed to carry to the credit of a sinking fund for the payment of the balance of the principal of said bonds and of the interest thereon the amount due the company and now withhold for government transportation up to the Slst of last December, which, if not amounting to $1,000,000, shall be made up by the company to that sum, and ‘any amount exceeding said $1,000,000 is to be forthwith paid to sald company.”” The fourth section of the bill provides that ‘‘the said company shall pay semi-annually, on the 1st day of | April and October in each year, into the Treasury of the United States, such sum approximate to and not ex- ceeding $375,000, either in lawful money, or in any of the bonds and securities of the United States govern. ment at par, as shall with interest thereon as heroin- after provided be safficient when added to the other sums to tlre credit of the said sinking fond to pay off and extinguish the balance of the claim for the government bonds advanced as aforesaid, with six per contum interest thereon from their respective dates up to the maturity of the last bonds issued to said company. The interest on all sums placed to the } credit of said sinking fund sball be credited and added thereto semi-annually, at the rate of six per centum per annum.” ‘The fifth section provides that the payments so to be made by said company shall be tn lieu of all payments or other requirements tron: sald company under all the various Pacific Railroad acts, in relation to the re- imbursement to tho government of the bonds issued to | the said corporation, except that the company shall still be required, until said bomds and interest are fully paid, to keep its line in repair and perform ser- | vice for the government, giving it priority of use ‘when demanded, at fair and reasonable rates of com. pensation, not exceeding those paid by private partics, which charges shall be paid in cagh. ‘The bill further requires the ec y to provide for and pay the principal and interest, and maintain sinking | funds for any and all Jand grant and sinking fund bonds fasued ppon thesecurity of mortgages covering the lands which are to be conveyed to the government, and to pay to the trustees under sald mortgages | amounts sufficient to release all these lands from mort- | gage claims as fast as they may be suld by the govoro- ment. The Other sections of the bill provide that the gov- ernment mortgage on the company’s franchiso and property shall remain in full force until the company shall, nave complied with the foregoing requirements; that the Company shall be allowed at any time to pay to the government in lieuot any remaining semi-an- nual payments their present value, computed at six per contum interest, and this bill shall not be operative ‘unless accepted by the Union Pacific Ratiroad Company, within four months from the date of its enactment, by | thevotes of the directors and stockholders, at regular meetings duly called, CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD SINKING FUND. The bill reported from the same committee to-day, rel- ative tothe Central Pacific Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad, as now part of it, contains essentially the same provisions, with the exception that tne | 6,000,000 acres of land to be conveyed by this company to the government are described as being in Utah and Nevada, and that the money payments on account of the sinking fund are to be $425,000 every six months, instead of $375,000, ‘THR BLAINE INVESTIGATION—OONFLICTING WiT- NESSES TESTIFY TO EACH OTHER'S CHARAC- BEITERATION UNDER OATH OF HIS SPEECH IN THE HOUSE. ‘The Sub-Jadiciary Committee met this afternoon and recalled Asa P, Robinson, who testified that he had read the testimony of Amos Curry before the commit- tee; witness never tuld Mr. Curry thatthe package which witness brought to Mr. Blainestrom Mr, Cald- well contained bonds or that it was an in- stalment of bonds; had often talked with. Curry in a social way, and might some time have said that the package may have contained bonds, but never said it really did, for witness never knew what it | did contain; witness did not consider himself respoi- | | sible for whatever inferences Curry may have drawn | | from their conversation ; he considered Curry to bea | man of veracity and of good moral character. Amos Curry was recalled and repeated his forme: testimony tha: Robinson had told him that the package coutaived bonds. Witness submitted two telegrams | yust received from his wifo !n Arkansas, sctting forth | ‘that she had read in tho papers Robinson's statement | about the story and saying that Robinson did say the package contained bonds, as she was present with | Curry at the time Robinson mado the statement. Witness said that Robinson and bimself were ou good and on (ntimate terms with each other, and he consid- ered Robinson a man of truth and veracity, never | having heard his reputation for veracity called in quea- | tion before. Mr, Biaine said that he had understood that tho committee had summoned Mr. Caldwell from London, and, atsuming that’ to be correct, hé desired to know if the committee intended to keep the matter open till Mr. Caldwel! should ar- rive, He thought the committee should report upon this matter now. Mr. Hunton, the chairman, sgid that the matter of summoning Mr. Caldwell was iu charge of the full Ju- diciary Committee, and not of the sub-committes, and he could not state what their purpose was, Mr, Biaine said if there were no more witnesses to be heard upon this matter he would offer himself as « witness, Alter some discussion Mr, Blaine was allowed to | @ithough I cannot tell | im the Arkansas Valloy , he went tn with “me; as] ¢ diameter; 1 received his while mitting in the Speaker's chair; as soou as it became convenient I Weng out and met bim in the Speaker's parlor, he and — banded me the * “This is @ pac! which Mr, Caldwell handed me for you;” the ; was dove up carelessly in brown f, the ends turned down and tied, I a '. me, in praia at this date ol manner; I chatted with him condition and somewhat about the ; hethen wanted to see some member of the House; t have forgotten whom; I told him that he could have the privilege of the floor, aud passed to the chair! threw jit laid there until the House wn to the lower private room about the bundle down careless}; adjourned, when 1 took it which 1 had, where it lay fer months; it was a pack- age of maps, some descriptive pamphlets and , Some descriptive sketches; I mean some of those made oy individuals and not published, show the coal ids in kansas Valley; if was at time by Mr. Caid- well ani that there would be quite a Speculation ny buyi: those = lands, and those were alloted off to show how much could be gotin one body; as the sections wore taken aiter- Dately, is was very hard to get a large tract together, and a very few thousand dollars would buy a cunsider- ble quantity of them; I think the com ollered them at or $6 an acre; this was sent to me as a prospectus and a gencral sting forth of the merits and virtues of the syecula- Yon; I did not give @ great deal of attention to had some computations made as to the cost of hanli! to the river, how jar it would be irom the Arkansas River and how much’ it wouia cost by the time # got»; ral to the Missis- sippi; the resuit an the whole thing was that 1 did pot embark in it; that is all there was in here was nothing any ould hand this book to the chairman; it was d red in a crowd, carried into the Hor and throw wa without care, and it lay in my roum, with a miscellaneous lot of. pape probably for a year, I referring to {t every now an then; Mr. Robinson never delivered me a bond of tho Fort Smith and Little Rock company, either in Wash- ington or any other place; I desire to make that stato- Mmeot as broad as it can be made in every shapo and form, both inclusively and exclusively, Mr. Chairman—Waile 1 am hero I desire to repeat, under oath, in relation to this entire $64,000 charge, the statements made by me on the floor of the House Jo all its parts without imental reservation or purpose of evasion, as-the iron-clad oath gays, THE BELENAP JURISDICTION QUESTION—CON- TINUATION OF THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE, The discussion in the Senate to-day on jurisdiction in the Belkn«p case was continued by Messrs. Sauls bary and Cooper in favor thereof, and by Mr. Jones, of THE MURDERERS’ DOOM. Len eeemered | Execution of Piper at Boston and | Frost at Worcester. Stoic Death of the Slayer of Mabel Young. A REVOLTING SPECTACLE AT THE SCAFFOLD. Frost’s Head Nearly Severed from His Body. PIPER'S PENALTY. THE EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER OF MABEL XOUNG AND BRIDGRT LANDERGAN—SCENES AT THE PRISON AND THE SCAFFOLD—THE RELIG- IOUS EXERCISES—CONDUCT oF THE MOB, AND | SIGNS OF INDIGNATION—A SENSE OF RELIEF | ‘MANIFEST. Bostox, May 26, 1876. ‘Thomas W. Piper, the murderer of Mabel Young and Bridget Landergan, was hanged this morning in Charles Street Jail. He sustained all the preliminaries of the | dreadful ordeal with apparent fortitude, and whea he passed from life unto death there did not seem to bea quiver or a struggle. Before the break of day the neighberhood of the Jail ‘was thronged with thousands of morbidly curious per- | sons, who watched with considerable intensity anything | and everything that was in the remotest way con- mected with the jail, or that they thought had anything to do with the execution, Liter on inthe morning, as the crowd increased, some frantic | efforts were made by this depraved mob of men and | ‘women to scale the walls of the jail, and thus force an | @ntrance to the neighborhood of the scaffold. Tho | mounted and foot police, who were present in large numbers, wero successful in preventing the accom- plishment of this siege of the prison, and the maddened | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. past Ave Frost took a little refreshment of bread milk, and from that time until the execution he maiued caim and talked but little, While dressing for the gullows he was attended by the Rev. Mr. Lam- son and Deputy Sheriff Carl, Keene .and Soth- well, also by Special Officer Cleveland, who has been bis guard. Mr. Cleveland spoke a word and fe. Of encouragement to the doomed man, expressing the | hope that he would be abie to meet his fate with resig. COLUISION AT SEL. Four Lives Lost by the Sinking of the Ration and calmness, Frost replied that he was feel- | British Brig Na Collymore ing well; had not felt better since he was a lad of six- | teen years. It was decided that he should make no | speech from the scaffold. STATEMENT BY FROST. About half an bour before the execution he mai Statement to Rev. Mr. Lamson, who took down an ab- | Stract of it, The statement was a reiteration of the evidence he himself gave concerning the murder at the trial, Ho strongly asserted that he was innocent of 1n- tentional or wilful murder, and said that be died in the full hope and assurance that ere long some develop- | ment would be made to prove that his account of the | killing was true. In his statement he also forgr bis wite, against whom he had been very bitter, and dic- tatés a pathetic goodby to her and nis children. SPACTATORS OF THM SCENE, ‘The execution attracted the usual number of curious ones, who, to the aumber of hundreds, lined the streets adjoining the jail, Some 200 persons witnessed the execution, which took place in the guard room of the | Jail. The spectators were all scated. There were present many medical men, Mayor Hilson and other city officials. THE LaST HOURS OF FROST. So firm was his demeahor, that while dressing his attendant remarked to him, ‘‘You’ve got the most nerve of any man I ever saw,’ to which Frost replied, | “Dm not afraid. ve never been afraid to die.” Soon | alter he remarked, “I’m the happiest man inthe prison this morning.” Ho ate his break{ast of brown bread, milk and cheese, his own selection, wich bis usual appetite, Aftor breakfast he wrote | farewell letters to his children, and while doing so ap- | peared somewhat melancholy, but he soon rallied and | chatted and laughed wirh bis usual uncoucern, At the gailows Frost's tace betukened no emotion, He | kept his eyes fixed before him, casting no glance at | the spectators and nove at the galiows till he turned | to ascend the steps, when he raised his eyes to tho | beam and rope for an instant, dropping them upon the | stairs as he took the first step upward. As sovn as | Frost was seated upon the fatal p'atiorm Rey. Mr. Lam- | son offered a short prayer, in substance as follows; “O God, we confess Thy power and wisdom and Thy mercy. Thou art our Creator and the Creator of this man, who 18 so soon to meot Thee, Bless the Sta that, for safety and security, is about to perform this jemn and awtul act. Have mercy on this man, Meet | | saw crowd wero driven away, cursing loudly the police | him now and conduct him to Ubyselt. For the sake of who had so promptly and so wisely spoiled their plans, | Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Amen. Amen,” ‘THR EXXCUTION, Between 600 and 600 persons were provided With | mmediatoly at its close Sheriff Sprague read the thokets of admission, Sheriff Clark had made ample | death warrant rapidiy, yet distinctly, and when he had provision for their accommodation, The legal wit- | Uitered its closing words, “For which this shall be ; k your suficient warrant,” he added, “I now proceed to Resses occupied soats in front of the seaffold; the re- | Uo oxecution,” and pressed tirmly upon the spring | porters surrounded the tables in the court yard in sight | releasing the trap. Frost had risen from his cbuir } ana hearing of the solemnities, and the general multi. | When the reading of tho death warrant was begun, | Florida, in opposition thereto, During the session Mr, Whyte, of Maryland, submitted the following, but it ‘Was not acted upon, name: Ordered, That the Senate sitting for the trial of im- peachment shall atter consideration proceed on Satur. | day, the 27th of May, to voto upon the question of | jurisdiction raised vy the picadings in the pending | case, which vote shall be taken before the Senate shail adjourn on that day, ind that each Senator shall be the deputy behind bad Jastened the straps | Parade to Greenwood Cemetery. permitted to file within seven days thereafter his Written opinion.thereon, to be printed with the pro- ceedings in the order im which they may be-delivered, CABINET SISSION—THE SILK SMUGGLER LAW- BENCE—THE TOWN OF BISMARCK REPORTED IN DANGER FROM THE INDIAxS, Tho Cabinet session to-day was attended by all the members excepting Judge Pierrepont, who has not yet returned from New York. The principal topic of discussion was the case of Lawrence, the silk smuggler, whose plea of guilty of the charge of forgery was men- tioned to the Cabinet by Judge Taft, who returned to | thia city trom New York this morning. There was some discussion upon (he subject of the trial of Law- Tence, and the understanding is that he will be tried only on the chargo to which he has pleaded guilty, and Rot on the other counts, Much routine business recetved attcation in the Cabinet, and there was some consideration of Indian ; matiera, A telegram has been received from the town ot Bismarck announcing that serious fears exist that Indians will make a descent upon that settlement, General Sherman does not think that this will happen, but the proper authorities have been authorized to call | upon the commandant of the nearest military post for | aid, FINANCIAL AGENTS FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT In LONDON. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the nomination of Seligman Bros. to be financial agents of the Navy Depurtment at London. DECORATION DAY IN BROOKLYN. On Sunday afternoon, at five o’clock, the Lincoln statue at Prospect Purk plaza will be decorated. The programme will consist of au invocation by Rev. Fred. Bell, singing by the same gentleman, an address by Gardner 8. Cutting, singing, ode by George B, Squires and strewing of flowers by the public At tour o'clock on the same afternoon the graves of the soldiors’ plot in Greenwood Cemetery, will be decorated, On Tuesday morning, at cight o’clock the ceremonies of the day will bo opened on Fort Greone, when the tomb of the prison ship martyrs of the Revolutionary War will be decorated by a committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, At nine o’clock the graves of the Union dead at the Naval Hospital, Flashing avenue, and at the Cemeterv of the Hoiy Cross, Flatbush, will be decorated with appropriate ceremony, At the Naval Cemetery Chaplain Henderson will’ ael! the oration, and the United States Marine corps, under command of Colonel Broome, will participate in the services. In the Holy Cross Cemetery an address will be delivered by Rey. Dr. Friel, of 3t. Cuarles Borromeo’s church, Sidney place. At one o'clock P, M. the military an the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic will Momorial ser- vices will be held at elght o’clock in the evening at Dr. Cuylor’s church. At Calvary Cemetery, whoro sleep many of the veterans of the Irish brigade and Corcoran Irish tesion, the Fag itenieye! en be of an imposing order. Company A, Sixty-ninth regiment, Consents hose 72, G. AR. and John A, Rawlins, Post 80, G. A. R., will participate with the voterau { i | | carps of the Sixty-nintb regiment in tho ceremonies, | under the direction of Adjutant John J. Foster. The oration will be delivered by John Savage, LL. D., and there will be singing by a choir of boys from the - cbial schools attached to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. There wilt also be services and decorations at the Evergreens and Cypress Hill vemeteries on Tuesday forenoon, un- der the supervision of Grand Army Posts. The public jt f mng. and flowers to oP, are invited to send in their ty Hall, on Monday the United States Pension Ot ‘aud early Tuesday morning. OBITUARY. _ FIELD MARSHAL BARON VON JOEN. A telegram from Vienna, under date of the 26th Inst, announces the occurrence of the death of Field Mar- sbal Baron Von John, chief of the general staff of the Austrian Army, a distinguished officer who was 201 years since promoted to his lace commission in recog: ‘ition of bis many services to the Empire, A BAD WAY. Detective Martin Short returned to Williamsburg from Manchester, N. H., yesterday morning and brought with him as a prisoner Alfred H. Way. Way is the fast young man who, on May 4, hired » horse ond wagon, worth $425, from Richard De Mille, of South Eighth and Third streets and forgot to return. He had been in the employ of the Hub as travelling | agent, and with his fancy turnout he travelled north. ward, victimizing some one im each town he passed through by obtaining drafts cashed drawn by him on the proprietors of the Aub or on the Royal Baking Powder Company, from whom he had an agency also, | The money was claimed to be for traveiling expenses, and as bo had transactod such basiuess before legiti- mately, ttexewed no suspicion. Circulars had been sent to every chief of police, describing him as a horse thief, and on that he was arrested in Manchester trying to dispose of the horse and wagon. He was ar- raigned betore Justice Elliott and remanded to await the arrival of Mr. De Mille with the turnout, a RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Ateight o'clock Jast nicht an accident occurred to an eastward bound freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Mowmouth junction. A broken axle rosulted in throwing several cars from he track, obstructing travel in doth directions for about two hours, Aithough several cars were destroyed, fortu- Bately no one was injured, AN OUCAST’S WEARYING LIFE. Ellen Moonoy, wife of the late John Moonoy, the panel thief, was arraigned before Justice Smith, at the Washington © Police Court, yesterday morning, by Oificer Campbell, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, charged with improper conduct on Broadway, near the Fifth Avenue Hotel. She was handsomely dressed, She offered no excuse for her conduct, Justice Smith hold ber 1a ult of $400 bail to keep the peace. On learning the decision of the Court sho said, “What am Ttodo? Seven times arrested in throe weeks, Every cent I make I have to give up to the police or in court, 1 wish | was dead.” During the day several fashionably dressed women called to seo her, in the afternoon Joe Dean, a man about town, whois said to be fn the policy bustaee: rested himeelf in her and she was | feeling than vengeance. tude ofthe spectators were furnished commanding po- sitions in the various corridors, THE CONBOLATION OF RELIGION. Attwo minutes past ten formal religious exercises began in tho parlors, in tho presence of some 200 | Persons, consisting of mombers of the Bar, of the city government, of the Senate and House, United | States Marshal Usher, General Chamberlain, Warden of | the State Prison, and editors and reporters of the daily | press. Piper sat ona sofa at the upper end of the Tooms, with Deputy Sheriff Tyler and Rev. Dr. Eddy, Beside him was Father Coon, and Rov. Mr. Dadman near him. Piper was dressed in a neat dark suit, with black neckcloth, whito shirt front, white stockings and slippers. He remained on the centro of the sofa leaning back, with his hands clasped upon his tap and his feet crossed during the ceremony. His fnve was paloand thin, closely shaven, but bore no trace of tremor or nervousness, and his manner was as calm ‘and as composed as if he had years to live. His face ‘was turned upward, and he seemed not to heed the crowd about him who were gazing upon him with in- terest and earnestness. During the prayer his eyes ‘were closed most of the time, but occasionally, whea the invocation was especially earnest and applicable, he gazed upward with an imploring but trustful took, and when the dear ones whom he was leaving on earth were mentioned unwilling tears which he could not keep back forced themselves through his eye- lds, Tho exercises began with singing, led by the Rev. J. W. Dadmao, the hymn ted being “fhero is s fountain filled with plood,’ three verses of which were sung by several of those 4, Whose volves wore tremulous with emotion, caused by the lmpressiveness of the scene. Rev. Dr. D, C. Eddy, of the Chureu of the Tavernacie, the chief sprituul adviser of the doomed man, who had charge of then. read several portions of Scripture, a She fifty-first Psalm. This was followed om the New Testament, beginning with by selections “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wildern even so the son of man was lifted up,” and ‘For G 80 loved the world that he gavo bis only begotten Son | to die for us, that wo through him mighy live and have eternal life? The scriptural readings were followed by a most earnest, fervent and appropriate prayer by the Rey. Dr, ote He thanked God that while He was infinitely more just, He was also infinitely more merciful tban man. ‘That the Cross of Christ and the blood upon it c.eaus- eth from ail sin, That man in all extremitica cau come to the throne of grace, the dving as well as the living. Help was implored for him who looks to the fount of mercy in this his moment of despair. Human help and sywpathy vad feiled, and thercfore it was prayed that he might remember that the greatest sinners have been forgiven; and that he wight find in Jesus Christ a full and sure redemption. Thanks were expressed that the poor mao had been able to see ana appreciate his own great sin, and seek and obtain the great pardon, which bo man could grant. Divine help was asked that ho might bgp bw poor soul to his infinite Saviour, and that the righteousness of Jesus Christ might be | imputed to bin. ‘The reverend gentleman earnestly prayed that the condemned man might havo heip and resignation to leave nis dear mother and father and brothers, who had loved" him so through life and whose affliction was now sp great, that he might feel how strong un arm he had to lean upon and how merciful was God, his -earried from beueuth the gallows. The rope was around bis legs and arms, and beiore the reading was | tinwhed had shat out the light trom him forever by | drawing the black cap over his lead. There was not | an instant’s delay, and less than five minutes passed between the time the doomed man took his Grst step ; upon tho gallows stairs and that in which his body was thrown downward by the release’ ot the drop. The | drop fell with hardly an audible sound, and the hght body of the murderer brought the rope to a strong tension, ‘The first thrill of @ shudder had not run | through the more sensitive of the spectators when | the body was seen spinning at the end of the | Tope almost headiess. A feariul tear, extending | over the trout of the throat, and blood gushing out iu streams. Every eye was riveted upon this startling and { unexpected spectacie, as the body surned round, first | sdiselosing and then concealing this gash, The blood, | forced upward by the arterial movement, spurted, ioun- | tain jike, from one to two feet, the streatu failing to the flour in a circie around the hanging body. This circie , extended even to the tratnework oi the gallows, which | was in many places flocked with drops of biood, and the wolling life blood, pouring from the gaping wound down the front of the body, trickled trom his feet, forming a central pool direcily beneatu the body. ‘This account doubtiess seems full of horror to ti reader, but it falls tar short of tho realities of th scene. Still, the spectators did not waver irom the sight. The man was dead, No one could doubt but | that his soul, declared guilty by mortal judges and | jurors, was already at the bar of another fribanal, ‘Thero was a real leeling of relief that there had been | no slow coming death. no terrible throes of muscular | agohy, und 60 ali watched with bated breath the fiual Beene Of the great tragedy. For some two minutes the arterial gushings of the Picea continued and then followed the slow dropping of ood irom the body. Drs. Woodward and Jewett stepped under the gallows and made their examination ol the body, a mere formality in this case. ‘the knot of the rope had been placed behind Frost's left ear, aimost round to the centre of the neck. He was a mi of no especial muscular elopment, and, thoughwe weighed 120 pounds, the drop was enough not oaly to break bis neck, which is the common | acceptance of the expression, but to sever the spinal column entirely. The muscles and enteguments of the forward part of the neck could not witnstand the su den strain brought apou them, now that their osseous aid was gone, and parted, leaving the body hanging by | the enteguments ot the rear portion only, 0 body was allowed to hanga few minutes after the examination by ‘the doctors, when it was lowered upon the bier and pulled 3 ren up tothe bean; the sffctators, at the Sheriff’ quest, withdrew, and in twelve minutes from the time they first heard the tread of the executioner’s party the eyes of the executed murderor were closed. Frost was dressed in a plain black bruadcloth suit, black cloth gaiters and slate-colored gloves, } A STATEMENT BY FROST. Atan interview this morning with his counsel and the Rey. Mr. Lamson Frost made-the following statg- ment for publication atter his death, “Alter speaking of the killing of Towne, he said:— “I placed the litabs, a8 1 have affirmed, in the corn- field, 1 did not know, neither do I know, who removed them. I took them from under tho barn with my own hands to the cornileld and nover carried them to the swamp. On the night of the 22d of July I did not take the oxen from the barn, norany other night to draw the body to the swamp. I muke the same statement ‘ag to the whole matter that Mr. Ball bas in his book. (This refers to Frost’s statement.) I declare to all men Vhat I dia tonocent of wilful marder, I die cherishing no feeling of resentment toward any one, I die tor- giving all the world for any wrong I have received. lt is hard, but I ireely do it I desire to express my kindest feclings to General Sprague, bis deputies and all the prison officers." Creator, before wi resence be might so soon ap- To his counsel he said:—“Try and keep track of ‘his ny He also Deagen that the lessons of thia man’s | matter. 1 hope and am assured that in time it will bo ite ght be impressed tpon all. old and young, that | cleured up.” | t i shielaod from tho bewilderments that ERE | . | ANOTHER MURDERER EXECUTED. | ensvare, the fictitious and unholy liter flooded the land, the lust which ruined so m temptations of the intoxicating cup. That it might be a warping to those in peril and a help to those weak in sin and temptation, ‘THK MARCH TO THR SCAFFOLD. Piper walked firm and steady to tho gallows, but when his eyes first met tho sad parap! alia that was to usher him to his long home he gave the tirat evidence ofemotion, He looked at the rope, the beam, th and the drop, and then cast one burried glance over | the 500 spectators who were gathored belore him. For | amoment it seomed thas the cowardly nature of the condemned man would break down, but a word or two of encouragement irom the officers who were holding him and he braced bimseif up to the terrible ordeal, Pp drop Sheriff Clark the death warrant, and at the same | time one of the deputies pinioned the hands and legs the murderer and adjuated the biack cap, nad, with th expression of the hope that God would bave mercy on his soul, SuerM® Clark touched the fatal spring and Piper's body dropped Ove or six ivet, and there hang suspended lifeless, ‘There was apparently uot a struggie or quiver. The body was allowed to hang for half an hour, then it was cut down and given to the relatives, A SENSH OF RELIKE. On emerging froin the jail and mingling with the | crowd in the streets it seemed ay though every man and woman you met had impressed upon his counte- | nance a sense of relief, For many days it seemed to be the prevailing fear that Piper might uot die at the hands of the hangman. The enormity of his crimes, details of which wero published in the Herasp ou Monday, bad su aroused the indignation of the people, that there wus little rou for auy other When it became known, theretore, that he was really dead, the ordinary con- ventionalities that assume an appearance of pity and sorrow at 80 ignominious a death were wanting in ‘ho expression of the faces of the thousands in the crowded streets, ROURIAL OF PirEn. Pipor was privately varied at ten o’clock to night in Mount Hope Cemetery. EXECUTION OF FROST. THE PRTERSHAM MURDERER HANGED—A TER- | BIBLE SCENE AT TuE ‘ GALLows—FnosT’s | HEAD NEARLY SEVERED FROM HIS HODY— ANOTHER STATEMENT BY THE COXDEMNED MAN. Woncesrzn, Mass., May 26, 1876, Samuel J, Frost has oxpiaied to-day on the gallows | bis crime for the murder of bis brother-in-law, Frank- lin P, Towne, at Petersham, ou the morning t the 4b ot July last, Frost died calmly. He exhibited a won- derfal nerve, fortitude and assurance, wnich almost makes one believe that bis defence at tho trial had | something of truth im it, Last night be retired about o'clock, and siept well until midaight, wi awoke and remained awake forashort time, From that time anul four o’clock this morning his sleep was a little irregular and broken at intervals. During the whole night, however, his rest was better and calmer than on the former night, io spoke with his attoud- ant several times during the night. stating that be xup- posed they would come for him in the morning, when they wanted him, and that they must get up « bigger thing than this to prevent hie sleeping. About half | the prisonor he burst into tears, and then looking 0) Nasivitte, Tén., May 26, 1976. Burrel Spinx, alias Beggarly (colored), was exe- cuted at Lebanon at one o'clock to-day for the murder of Robert Hamilton, a peaceable | white citizen cf Wilson county, a * oad ago, | Tho execution was witnessed by 6000 people. An uo- cidental discharge of the guard’s gun caused an excit- ing stampede, This was the first public execution had fn that county for forty years, FUCHS’ SENTENCE COMMUTED. Yesterday afternoon a telegram received at the Ray- mond Street Jail from Albany announced that Governor Tilden had commuted the sentence of Fuche, who was to have been hung on Friday next, to imprisou- ment for life, The commutation was granted on the | recommendation of Judge Pratt and District Attorney Britton, that the crime was not premeditated, but of a purpose formed ontho spotand under aggravating circumstances. When the nows was communicated to | said, “Veil, dat’s good, 1 guess we bave some beer.” , He gave the keeper ton cents to get him a bottle of | root beer. He asked to see his stepdaughter, but did | not want to see his wife. Fuchs will be removed to Sing Sing this forenoon. He ia thirty-five years of ago and imexcellent physical condition to serve the State in the shoe shop of the prison. SUSPECTED MURDER. uf ° Hosmepata, Pa., May 26, 1876. i Philip Corwin, an old and well-to-do citizen 6t Beach | Pond, seven miles from this place, started home from | Honesdale last Monday night, and although bis horse | and carriage arrived there about thrée o'clock Tuesday | has veen seen or heard of the old hundred dollars {rom ho Honesdale bank» on Monday and had it in his possession when he started bome, it is Behoved he has been fonily dealt with, Mr. ‘in left Bau: Hotel about nine o'clock in the evening home, A rough besa iranger, who bad been my around the house al 0 KAS Lime, AY a man ADSwrTin, rio Railway, sixteen miles east day aiternoon, and was seen to ha’ money in his possession, it is be loved 11 ‘was waylaid, robbed and murdered by him. A PLANTER SHOT AND KILLED. Muxrmis, Tenn., May 26, 1876. A terrible tragedy was enacied near Germantown, in | this county, yesterday morning S. M. Ellis, » well | known planter, while on bis way to the Masonic lodge | in Germantown, was met by Thomus and Robert | Keasonover, neighbvers of hia, who accused him of hi’ | ing slandored @ ulece of theirs, abd asked him to si, Injch he refused to do, whereupon they shot in the breast and back, killing bim instantly. Reasonover, who cluims to have ‘killed Mr. Ellis, went to Germantown and surrendered himself to jarge roll of Mr. Corwin Esquire Waiker, aiter volling what he bad douse .Later - ia the day Robert Reasonover was arrested by Sheritf Anderson, and both were brought hero and placed in Jail to answer, dt. Killin leaves a wile and two chil- dren, Thore sre Stories iu regard to the origin of the dificalty. | dont occurred. A TERRIBLE SCENE IN THE FOG. A Captain Jumps from His Ship to Save His Life While His Wife Goes Down with His Ship. Newvorr, R. 1, May 26, 1876, There arrived at this port this afternoon the bark Nationa! Eayle, Captain Sears, of and from Boston, with ice for Rio Janeiro, and reports that she ran inte and sunk off South Shoals, near @Nantucket, during a thick fog last Tuesday morning, the brig 8. N, Colly- more, Captain Perry, of Yarmouth, N. 8, from Trini dad for St Jonn, N. B., loaded with molasses, and that the wife of Captain Perry, with his steward and two of his crew, went down on th@veasel, A Hxnatp reporter boarded the National Eagle and obtained the statements of the captains and first mate of each of the vessels, which will tell the sad story. Captain Harvey Perry, of the 8 N. Collymore, states that he left Trinidad May 3, bound to St, John, N. B., with moiasses tor Turnbull & Co, Everything went well until the morning of the 23d. About three o'clock of that date, during a dense fog, I @ green light on the port bow and w almost immediately a ship close upon us; put the heim a starboard, and by this time both vessels caine together with @ tremendous crash. Sho struck us om the port bow. I then went forward to ascertain the extent of the damage. I found my vessel's bow under ter, spars failing and a general breaking up of every- thing. I deemed it best to save my life, which 1 did by getting on board the National Eagle, The mate, the second mate and three men had preceded me, and f was the last to leave. I got on board by catching hold of the bark’s fore chains. Immediately the vessels | parted and the wreck disappeared in tho fog. Captain Sears, of the National Eugle, launchod a boat and pulled in the direction in which the wreck was sup- posed to be. Alter the Japre of thirty minutes the boat returned, and the crow stated that they found the wreck bottom up, but they could find no signs of life. The National Eagle lay by until eight A. M., when, the fog clearing somewhat, wo ran inthe direction where we supposed the brig was, but could discover nothing. Captain Sears deomed it pru- dent to make for tho nearest port to repair damages. When interrogated by the Heranp correspondent as to why be leit bis vessel without making an effort te save her, he said:—“When | left the wheel my first thought was to ascertain the damage, but when I got forward I could piainly sce she was sinking and that t must do one of two things at onco—viz., suvo my own life or go down with my wite and those on board, I - | therefore deemed it best to jump on board the bark, as the sea was then breaking over her and she was level with the water.”? Here the Captain burst into tears, and handing me the following I left him alone in his sorrow:— nse for, king of the brig and loss of my wife aud three certity that Captain Soars, master of the bark, js power to © the lives which were rock and Wing by four paar bu of my ere} did ail in his ding ich I hope to ever feel the Both vessel and cargo are insured, The former is valued at $12,000 and the latter at $7,000, Captain Sears states that he left Boston jast Monday with a cargo of ice for Rio Janeiro, Had fair wind and weather until the morning of the 23d before daylight, when a thick fog setin, Wo made the 8, N. Collymore’s light about half-past thrve o'clock A. M. and immedi- ately camo In collision, We carried away our foreyards, foresail, lower topsail, jibboom, bowsprit, cutwater atid all iron work attached. We threw over our boat and sent assistance to the brig, but found no signs of life, We lay there uatil cight o'clock, when we kept off before the wind to repair damage, and I thought it best to make for tne nearest port. I think she sank soon after wo struck her. Captain Sears estimates his damage at $5,000 and he will repair hero, First mate Pliny Whito, of the National Eagle, says:—We collided with the 8. N. Collymore, of South Shoals, in a dense fog. We struck her by the foremast and fore rigging, carrying away spars and masts and in fact everything forward. The brig sank almost im- mediately. I heard the shrieks of those on board, and this, with the falling timbers and general confasion, made an impression upon my mind that can never be forgotten. Our jibboom broke off and fell down with everything attached and the fore yard also broke ip half. As soon as wo struck her we lowered away « boat. The brig gianced off after the collision and thie sea mado a clean breach over her. In a short time she was hid ia the fog. The boat sent to her assistance was manned by the second mate and three sailors. They could find no lives about the wreck. The brig was then lying on her beam ends fall of water and 3 think sho sank soon afterward, Stephen Kinney, of Yarmouth, N. 8, frat mate of the lost vessel, said:—I saw a green light on our port bow; ordered the helm to be put starboard, which was done imm ely. Captain Perry came on deck at the same time and assisted the man at the wheel; immeds- ately both ships came together with a lond crash, { ran forward, supposing that our vessel was sinking, I thought it time for me to get on board the bark and save my life. William Knight, second mate; Louis | Johnson, Augustus Cardelen, Harry Reed and Captain Perry tollowed, We all scrambled over the bark’s forechains, When I lastsaw the brig she was on her beam ends, At the time of the disaster the wind was southwest, and we were rupning northeast by north. ‘We were struck on the port bow. Our torecastle deck and rail wore all under water immediately after she struck us, The spars all came down forward, William B. Knight, second mate of the Collymore, #tated that he saw the Captain’s wile in the main rig- ging, abovo the port light; threw her a line, but she did not get it, I went on the northeast quarter of the National Eagle and saw a boy standing on the compan’ jon way of the sinking vessel; I called out to him and | threw him a line; it went across the brig’s deck; I eaw biin of the brig either. I jumped out of my berth, came on deck and got on board the bark with the rest; lef the steward asicep in his bunk; did noteall him; think he mover got out. : NAMES OF THE LOST. The names of the lost aro:— Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, forty-four years of age, Caspor Deii, steward, German, aged twenty-one; be- Jongs in New York, Hans Peterson, of Norway, two years of age, Walter Dorson, of Barbados, aged fifteon years, Every attention has been offered to the Captain and bis crew by the agents of the Board of Underwriters, Messrs, Coggeshall, and the British Consal will take charge of them and return them to their destination, COMMODORE VANDERBILT. Commodore Vanderbilt was sleeping soundly at mid. Dight Inst night. He partook of # good deal of nourish. | Meut during the day, and expressed himself as feeling i ar physiciag, much stronger. Dr. Lit , haw with bisa in the nose all nig! A SAD CASE OF DESTITUTION. ‘Yesterday morning, at an early hour, an officer found ® young woman seated on the steps of a house in Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, weeping over a bundle inher Jap, Tho poli the 2 scat yor tanh “ent bas that her found the dead body of a child. fact that the woman was its mother and was Anno Clyderdale. Sho was longs oR destitu and ber babe had died of stargation, way to the station house when discovered. fortunate woman was removed to the almshouse. ANOTHER SIATUE OF LINCOLN. Preparations are being made by the Republicas Asse ¢tation of the Ninth Assembly district to erect a statue | | dent of the association wil will be Scotch granite, aud t | Zena of the district wi | Application | werecs tbe